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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
4
The Office of Price Administration announces community ceiling prices effective December 7, 1944 for Clarion Crawford Erie Forest Mercer Venango and Warren Counties. The notice explains pricing controls on foods and other essentials, detailing compliance expectations for local merchants and the public.
In Erie county districts a severe teacher shortage threatens rural schools. County Superintendent Howard Denison called for volunteers to fill vacancies, noting many schools may close without help. Former teachers and others willing to assist can contact Denison to be certified under the emergency clause.
The piece discusses odds of living to old age based on 1940 census data, noting women outlive men across ages and decades. It contrasts longevity with wartime constraints, mentions Oxford scientists aiming to extend life expectancy to 100-plus, and considers social adaptations like clubs and continued study for the elderly amid economic questions. It also reflects on postwar American demographics and potential employment for older adults.
Fragmented OCR text discussing Roosevelt and electoral outcomes with scattered numbers and dates. Core sense and entities are damaged, leaving an incomplete account of counties carried and year references.
A list of trivia items and garbled text asks about the Dionne quintuplets birth year Roosevelt Dewey race details an entr acte general ranks four universities Charlottesville magnetic moles attraction a thermometer and other scattered quiz prompts amid corrupted historical newspaper copy.
The article discusses tuberculosis death rate declines since 1800 from 200 to 45 per 100 000 and warns the disease remains a leading killer for ages 15 to 45. It notes cases in older adults and transmission from family elders, calls for rest and early treatment, and mentions social impacts like shifting work and labor.
A Civil War veteran Wilder M Memo tt t dies before reaching home on West Smith street after attending a G A R post meeting. Kiwanis Club elects new officers at Blue Bird Restaurant with Walter Peake succeeding W C Murray after a large turnout. The note mentions hospital staff appointments, a Keystone Heights drug store transfer, and weather statistics from November.
Fragmentary ad claims quick relief from pains caused by kidney fatigue with supposed benefits for headaches and backaches. Dense garbled text mentions products and medical terms, but readable lines imply a remedy touting improved well being.
This wartime notice outlines validity periods for ration stamps across meals fats processed foods sugar shoes and gasoline. It lists stamp ranges and expiration dates such as blue food stamps through January and sugar stamps good indefinitely for five pounds each with home canning stamps through February 28 1945.
Partial OCR yields a garbled note about wear tests by the U S Bureau of Standards. Mentions wax treatment for shoe soles and a cost discussion, with references to a high school in Washington DC and unspecified results. The fragment hints at test methods and outcomes but is too corrupted to confirm specifics.
Erie December 11 Arthur Backstrom finally freed from hiccoughs after two weeks of violent spasms averaging about three per minute. After three days of treatments by local chiropractor J A Patton the hiccups eased and then stopped. Hundreds of visitors and calls from Erie and neighboring areas in Pennsylvania Ohio and New York followed the ordeal.
The United States began dairy cattle artificial insemination in New Jersey with a 1938 cooperative association led by Prof. E J Perty of Rutgers. From a single group with 100 members, New Jersey now hosts many associations serving about 13 750 cows, roughly 8 percent of the state's total.
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